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April 2014

April 05, 2014

A reader struggles with the whole “lying in a desperate situation” problem

...writing: You were a big force in my conversion a few years ago, so I'm...

April 02, 2014

A reader struggles to understand Sacred Tradition

He writes: I just finished reading your book "By What Authority" and let me tell...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

A reader has a question for somebody knowledgable in history

He writes: In my high school theology classes I like to show films that portray...

March 19, 2014

A reader struggles with Polygenism and Genesis

So, I'm sure you've heard this/discussed this/etc before, but I'm trying to reconcile my viewpoint...

March 12, 2014

My readers are awesome

A few days ago somebody wrote to ask for prayer in his struggle with porn....

March 06, 2014

Dawn Eden files a report…

on her adventures in Scotland: I am delighted to be writing to you today from...

March 04, 2014

A reader asks me a question I don’t feel very well qualified to answer

Sez he: While watching the Olympics we saw the Chevy commercial with the gay couple...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

A Malaysian reader…

...writes something that should be rather devastating for American readers to hear: I am a...

February 19, 2014

This is clever!

A reader writes: I'm a long-time reader and a big fan. I've emailed you a...

February 18, 2014

Two Questions

A reader writes: I have two unrelated questions I was hoping you could answer for...

February 15, 2014

Tolkien, Converts, and the Center for American Progress

A reader writes: I had wanted to write you about one matter, but in searching...

February 13, 2014

The Irrepressible Brandon Vogt writes…

This morning, Fr. Robert Barron and I launched something we're really excited about, and I'm...

February 03, 2014

A reader with the suspiciously un-American-sounding name “Adolfo” writes…

Ok, Mark...Quick--without using the internet--name 10 players on the Seahawks' roster... Okay, "Adolfo" (if that's...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Reader Burke Ingraffia writes…

I listen to you quite a bit on EWTN radio. I am a professor at...

January 28, 2014

Could you help with a survey?

A reader writes: A friend of mine, Fr. Albert DelloRusso, is conducting a brief (8...

January 24, 2014

A Conversation about Fat Jokes

A reader wrote me in puzzlement because some Anonymous crashed her embroidery blog with a...

January 22, 2014

Question about “Defining Oneself by One’s Sexuality”

A reader writes: Is it uncharitable for me to say that it seems really shallow...

January 22, 2014

Homosex and Shrimp

A reader writes: I know you are a very busy person, but if you could...

January 20, 2014

Conversation with Somebody Thinking of Becoming Catholic

He writes: I am considering becoming a Catholic and currently have a few questions I...

January 15, 2014

Another Rock Solid Endorsement for “The Principle”

Reader Jim Condit, Jr writes in my comboxes: What are these panicked attacks on The...

January 13, 2014

Interested in Helping Birth a Book?

A reader writes: A friend of mine has written a novel and is looking for...

January 10, 2014

How Not to Win Hearts and Minds

So here's the thing: I basically agree with the Church (and most humans in human...

January 07, 2014

Reader Steve Schloeder writes

I just got the go ahead to teach a course at ASU on Catholic architecture...

January 03, 2014

Time Wasted on the Medjugorje Fraud…

...is time taken from something God wants you to actually spend time on. A reader...

January 03, 2014

A reader is pleased and puzzled to be Catholic

He writes: Hi Mark, enjoy your blog and writings. I'm new back to the church...

January 02, 2014

Obsessed Fanboy writes…

I know you are an extraordinarily busy man and I will not be offended in...

January 02, 2014

A reader ponders whether to parish shop

Love your blog and the good sense that you bring to National Catholic Register. It's...

January 02, 2014

The “Soul Fixed at Death” Thingie

A reader writes: I'm sure you get a heroic amount of email, so if you're...

January 02, 2014

My friend James Preece…

...author of the Catholic and Loving it blog (which you really should read), writes from...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

A reader puzzles about the HHS Mandate

He writes: Maybe this is just a particularly loathsome example of liberal Christian nonsense, but...

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